October Menaion
October 1 (Matins)
F-po70
According to the catalogue by T. Moschonas (see bibliography), the current fragment (content: Menaion for October) is at the beginning of Cod. 110. But another fragment is at the beginning of the codex (see Cod. 110, January Menaion), and Moschonas makes no reference to its existence. The two fragments are written in different hands and therefore derive from different MSS.
General Information
The text is written in a minuscule script, with decorated initials in the left margin.
Original Condition
Current Condition
- The edges of the leaves are damaged, especially the bottom edges.
- f. β seems to be have been sewn.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Decorated initials
Content
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Content Item
- Text Language Ancient Greek
- Title Menaion October 1 (Matins)
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Content Description
The leaves contain liturgical texts for October 1 Matins, but are missing the beginning.
Inc.: [ἔτερος] Κανών β', ᾨδὴ α', τοῦ Ὁσίου [Ρωμανοῦ] Ἦχος πλ. β' Ὡς ἐν ἠπείρῳ | Φωτολαμπεῖς λαμπηδόνας ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, ἡμῖν ἐξα | πόστειλον, ταῖς πρεσβείαις σου σοφέ, Ῥωμανὲ | θεσπέσιε, τὴν σήν, εὐφημῆσαι ἱερὰν μνήμην ἐν ᾄσμασιν.
Des [Θεοτοκίον] : Ὑπὸ τῆς πάλαι πτώσεως [ὁ ἦχος, Ῥωμανὲ ἔνδοξε:-], ἀνθρώπων τὸ γένος [τὸ γένος ἀν(ρώπ)ων], τοῦ πρωτοπλάστου γέγονεν | αἰχμάλωτον, Παρθένε Θεοτόκε, καὶ δεδουλω | μένον πάθεσι τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἀλλ' ὁ ἐκ σοῦ τε | χθείς, ὑπεραγαθὸς Θεός, τοῦτο τῇ ἑαυτοῦ εὐσπλαγ | χνίᾳ ἀνεκαλέσατο.
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- Edition http://glt.goarch.org/texts/Oct/Oct01.html
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Remarks
- The manuscript uses common abbreviations (nomina sacra and abbreviated words at the end of the lines).
History
Host Volume
- The binding is significantly damaged.
- The main MS is missing the last part of the text.
- Cod. 110 consists of 138 numbered folios according to the catalogue by T. Moschonas. But the first two folios are fragments (see F-k325/Cod. 110, January Menaion). In total there are two fragment-leaves at the beginning a 136-folio main MS, and two more fragments at the end (foliated as α & β).
Bibliography
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Catalogue: T. Moschonas, Πατριαρχεῖον Ἀλεξανδρείας. Κατάλογοι τῆς πατριαρχικῆς βιβλιοθήκης. Τόμος Α'. Χειρόγραφα, Alexandria, 1945, p. 103.
- Remark to the aforementioned catalogue : There is reference to the existence of the current fragmentary folios, but the position that we find them is different.
- Remark to the following URL : The URL that I mention provides different pieces of information on the host volume (Cod. 110). The information that you can find in the URL corresponds to a certain extent to the majuscule fragment of the Cod. 92 of the same collection (see the corresponding description), but absolutely not to the current frag. of the Cod. 110 (as you can see at the images).